Showing posts with label Bound and Gagged. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bound and Gagged. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

The art of Comics

I'm always on the lookout for comics about art.  Not only are the artists who create comics talented artists, but they bring a smile.  

Speed Bump captured my painting dilemma perfectly!
Speed Bump by David Coverly
I enjoy many, but Speed Bump is my first stop in the morning comics.  Rarely does fellow Michigander David Coverly not capture something that reminds me of someone I know. 

Rhymes with Orange
Rhymes with Orange created by Hilary Price




 Bound & Gagged      Oh so true!!

Bound & Gagged is created by Dana Summers.  He is also a political cartoonist






Thursday, January 16, 2014

#16 - Glass Jar

January 2014 Leslie Saeta's 30 paintings in 30 days challenge


Glass Jar 
6x6" oil

I used the board I wiped off  so many time the other day.  Busy day today, so I tried another little jar. 


 The Art of Comics  

Comics = art + a great sense of humor!



Thursday, July 11, 2013

Crosswalk


 
Crosswalk, 12x12" oil on Raymar panel ($300)


I am a huge fan of art magazines.  They allow me to admire the work of many contemporary artists whose work I might never know about otherwise.  The perfect example is James Zwaldo, a mixed media artist whose work is featured on the cover of the June/July 2013 International Artist magazine.  He works in acrylic and generously shared step-by-step his technique of photo-shopping images and transferring the images to canvas with acrylic medium before he begins to paint.  Reading the article, I realize he must have the patience of a saint.  Me, not so much.  

Not long after receiving my copy of the magazine, I was at the Baltimore Harbor walking across the pedestrian sky-way.  Looking down I was reminded of Zwaldo's work and was struck again how interesting it was to see people in the crosswalk.  The lines of the crosswalk add such an interesting dimension to the overall picture.  The second thing that struck me was how anonymous everyone is from above. I took a number of photos.   Zwaldo's work is large and comprised of dozens of figures.  I decided I would try a lone bicyclist in the crosswalk!


Art in the Comics

Comics = art + a great sense of humor!


This week I found these great comics about art & thought I'd share them. 

Non Sequiter by Wiley Miller

This one made me think of friend and artist Kat Coy's series on cave paintings. 
Bound & Gagged by Dana Summers